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as a boy, he always showed strong abilities in math and science. he was even the science student of the year at the university of illinois. but after his adoptive mother passed away, ellis oon dropped t of school and headed to california with little money in his pocket. his skills were quickly recognized. he helped build the first ibm compatible mainframe system. in 1977, he and two of his colleagues broke off and started a company that would eventually become oracle. ellison took the company public in 1986, already a billion-dollar enterprise. now a $100 billion company, his mystique has grown as a billionaire who lives on the edge. he's made shareholders nervous while suffering body blows from mountain biking and surfing. he won a yacht race in sidney overcoming hurricane-strength winds that sank five competitors and drowned six participants. some have speculated he's the inspiration for the tony stark character in "the iron man" films, with ellison even making a cameo in the most recent sequel. ellison's passion for boating it now focused on the
as a boy, he always showed strong abilities in math and science. he was even the science student of the year at the university of illinois. but after his adoptive mother passed away, ellis oon dropped t of school and headed to california with little money in his pocket. his skills were quickly recognized. he helped build the first ibm compatible mainframe system. in 1977, he and two of his colleagues broke off and started a company that would eventually become oracle. ellison took the company...
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the rile academy of sciences says they opened the door to new experiments in quantum physics. >>> a look at the weather and see where that rain is out there. >> depends on where you are it could be anywhere with it being closest to the coast that would be a better area to see scattered light showers during morning hours. let's look at what is going on the embarcadero san francisco back to the bay bridge looks quiet. live doppler 7 hd, this is what it looks like right now and let me flatten this out a little, as i do, you will be able to see how close it is to the coast. about 17 mile there is as we head toward -- 15 to 17 miles -- we'll put it into motion, it is dissipating as it heads north, the chunk of low pressure starting to move more towards northwest which means good sign that most of this activity is going to stay well out over the ocean. don't be surprised if a spray sprinkle or two gets along the sonoma marin county coast this morning. we are running in the 40s napa, santa rosa everybody else in the 50s. thick fog north bay valleys. monterey bay all over the scale from 48 gilro
the rile academy of sciences says they opened the door to new experiments in quantum physics. >>> a look at the weather and see where that rain is out there. >> depends on where you are it could be anywhere with it being closest to the coast that would be a better area to see scattered light showers during morning hours. let's look at what is going on the embarcadero san francisco back to the bay bridge looks quiet. live doppler 7 hd, this is what it looks like right now and let...
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edwards life science is dropping 18% after reporting sales of hard valves weaker than expected. yum brands which owns pizza hut, taco bell and kfc is returning to rapid growth i. was enough to send the stock up to just under $68 per share. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, hampton. >>> beauty products and cosmetics are one of the least regulated consumer products -- doctor, there's a lot of information on labels of everything from shampoo to lotion. you brought us an example of a shampoo label. let's take a look. >> right. >> tell us what we should be looking for. >> well, this is fairly new in that not all products have this labeling. what we really want to see is if there's an active ingredient, what is the active ingredient. >> we should be looking here as we look at the monitor. >> looking at the use. are we using it for the intended use? sometimes when people say the product doesn't work it's because they are not using it for the intended use. drug facts, know exactly what the active ingredients are, the warning and other information it provides for us. the inactive ingre
edwards life science is dropping 18% after reporting sales of hard valves weaker than expected. yum brands which owns pizza hut, taco bell and kfc is returning to rapid growth i. was enough to send the stock up to just under $68 per share. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, hampton. >>> beauty products and cosmetics are one of the least regulated consumer products -- doctor, there's a lot of information on labels of everything from shampoo to lotion. you brought us an example of...
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he is originally from sacramento and received a bachelor of science from uc berkeley. he's now a physicist at the university of colorado in boulder. both judges credit them for inventing ground-breaking methods to observe the properties of quantum parols while preserving their quantum properties. >>> ahead closer look at why investors are feeling down on wall street. >>> and what happened late this morning for an amazing jump from the edge of space. >>> stocks are down after global economic growth and poor expectations for corporate earnings seasons with kicks off after the closing bell. dow down 98, nasdaq down 45, s&p down 12. >>> high winds today derailed plans for an man to launch a death defying 23-mile free fall in new mexico. former military parachutist baumgartner is on a quest to become the first sky diver to break the sound barrier. he planned to ride a capsule carried bay balloon into the stats fear then jump. but the balloon is so delicate it can only take flight of winds of two miles an hour or less. the 43-year-old now says he will try again. >>> today at
he is originally from sacramento and received a bachelor of science from uc berkeley. he's now a physicist at the university of colorado in boulder. both judges credit them for inventing ground-breaking methods to observe the properties of quantum parols while preserving their quantum properties. >>> ahead closer look at why investors are feeling down on wall street. >>> and what happened late this morning for an amazing jump from the edge of space. >>> stocks are...
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quickly last week, looper is one heck of a science fiction film with bruce willis and joseph cordon. >> you would give it how many stars? >> 3 1/2 stars. one of the best of the year. >> go o's. hey, what are you drinkin'? pumpkin coffee for the morning. and i've got my pumpkin k-cup packs for at home. now i can have my pumpkin coffee any time i want it. pumpkin's perfect. it's dunkin' with the press of a button. new pumpkin k-cup packs, only at dunkin' restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee. i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm just in love with the flavor. i get mine black. i don't want to take away from that pure taste. so smooth, no bitterness. it's awesome. there's no other taste like it. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >>> ravens set to travel healthy and rested to kansas with sunday's showdown with the chiefs. ravens heading out on the road looking for their first win ton road this season after losing their first away game in week two. this time around ray rice hope thats the outcome is significantly different than it was against the eagles. ravens learned a year ago you can't take a
quickly last week, looper is one heck of a science fiction film with bruce willis and joseph cordon. >> you would give it how many stars? >> 3 1/2 stars. one of the best of the year. >> go o's. hey, what are you drinkin'? pumpkin coffee for the morning. and i've got my pumpkin k-cup packs for at home. now i can have my pumpkin coffee any time i want it. pumpkin's perfect. it's dunkin' with the press of a button. new pumpkin k-cup packs, only at dunkin' restaurants. america...
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. >> reporter: cal state east bay political science professor david baggin says with democratic dominant california pretty much in the bag, the president's really here for one purpose. >> we're a wealthy state. we're the biggest donor state. we're the state that both sides, even though we're a heavily democratic state, both sides are going to come out and take advantage of that silicon valley money, hollywood money, that california gold. >> reporter: sharon hoffman is one of the handful of folks who paid top dollar to chat with the president in an intimate setting. and she is thrilled. >> it's a roundtable that is actually taking place apparently at a square table where he is going to talk and answer questions for approximately an hour about anything that the folks there want to talk about. so i'm really excited. it's a real treat and a privilege and really an honor. >> reporter: again, we understand that event is expected to last for about an hour. you can see the secret service continues to be on stand by here. now from here the president will travel about six blocks up to the bill gra
. >> reporter: cal state east bay political science professor david baggin says with democratic dominant california pretty much in the bag, the president's really here for one purpose. >> we're a wealthy state. we're the biggest donor state. we're the state that both sides, even though we're a heavily democratic state, both sides are going to come out and take advantage of that silicon valley money, hollywood money, that california gold. >> reporter: sharon hoffman is one of...
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an art as it is a science a. lot of people had the art wrong going into the late primaries. that's why you saw early polls in the primaries being way off because you're likely voter didn't look like the electorate turned out. we had 11% of the general electorate in '08, so the screen was completely off. typically, you're going to undersample minorities and all young people in all these polls. that said, a big difference between a registered voter and likely voter, it's someone who says they're likely to vote high on their propensity up front on the phone call say they're going to vote and or they have some past performance in their background where they voted in one of the two or two of the three general elections. there's an art to this. on this point, i don't play the polling game back and forth, but a seven-point swing in party identification toward republicans, i think goes a long way to explain this. i know this is a story that the media wants to drive, but at the same time, you have a political out with a p
an art as it is a science a. lot of people had the art wrong going into the late primaries. that's why you saw early polls in the primaries being way off because you're likely voter didn't look like the electorate turned out. we had 11% of the general electorate in '08, so the screen was completely off. typically, you're going to undersample minorities and all young people in all these polls. that said, a big difference between a registered voter and likely voter, it's someone who says they're...
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spotty at whole lot of moisture out of the system you can expect temperatures very similar to what the science today in the upper 50s along the coastline climbing to the low seventies for some of your more inland areas. temperatures still falling below the seasonal average. you will continue with a pretty quiet weather pattern of clouds conditions and cooler temperatures as we transition to the rest of the work week so full details coming up on that my next report. cussed taken out to satellite radio we to have a lot of cloud cover affecting the peninsula the coastline. we are seeing for novato. just over a mile for those of you driving a brown and napa. he's pretty foggy out there in the north that certainly be aware of that and be mindful of the cars in front of you. again we will see a mix of sun and clouds. again temperatures in the upper 60s low seventies in the south bay's 70 for sunday fell 72 expected in campbesunn6c coming out of marin county. no props for the east shore freeway southbound 68 0 c. looks good coming out of walnut creek. interstate 280 moves well between san jose and cu
spotty at whole lot of moisture out of the system you can expect temperatures very similar to what the science today in the upper 50s along the coastline climbing to the low seventies for some of your more inland areas. temperatures still falling below the seasonal average. you will continue with a pretty quiet weather pattern of clouds conditions and cooler temperatures as we transition to the rest of the work week so full details coming up on that my next report. cussed taken out to satellite...
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conan nolan, reporting live at the california science center. >> if you miss it, you can always go see it at the museum. >> we saw it fly by here a couple weeks ago. and it was a beautiful day today. let's check in with jeff ranieri. >> scanning the sky, getting the best pictures. cloud cover we had developing and look at the fall colors out across the bay area. thank you so much for that picture and for sharing this today. go to our website or twitter if you want to send us the pictures. otherwise, low 70s in the north bay. 69 in san francisco. the warmest temperature today was gilroy at 80. 75 in livermore and 73 in concord. overall right now, what you're noticing across all of california is temperatures are dropping even in the desert. 85 in palm springs and 60s from monterey to san francisco with low 60s right now. 65 in sunnyvale and 65 in gilroy. so temperatures definitely feeling autumn like here. when you think about where we were this time last week, we were 30 to 40 degrees colder at this hour. we did have those upper 90s and low 100s. let's go live outside. you can see the c
conan nolan, reporting live at the california science center. >> if you miss it, you can always go see it at the museum. >> we saw it fly by here a couple weeks ago. and it was a beautiful day today. let's check in with jeff ranieri. >> scanning the sky, getting the best pictures. cloud cover we had developing and look at the fall colors out across the bay area. thank you so much for that picture and for sharing this today. go to our website or twitter if you want to send us...
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edward life science, one small, one big. $10 billion company. the stock is taking a hit and it is down 13%. they are putting out disappointing earnings and medical devicemakers and life sciences. very interesting lead they pointed to lower sales and directly said they are heard by european austerity measures. and they are reported ahead about conlan after the bell things aren't great. stocks have been in and out of positive territory. it is up -- very pricey stock. analysts worry about buying at these levels. they expected revenues of $5.7 billion. people want to agree disagree this is a bellwether of that alcoa is an aluminum producer and automobiles. it has a big global reach and yum brands which we all know because they are the pizza hut brand and stocks slightly lower up 12% this year so kind of right in line with the broader market. this is all about china. >> you wonder if they will take the kitchen sink these expectations are so low and everybody has a rotten quarter. >> the market already priced that in. it should be interesting. tracy:
edward life science, one small, one big. $10 billion company. the stock is taking a hit and it is down 13%. they are putting out disappointing earnings and medical devicemakers and life sciences. very interesting lead they pointed to lower sales and directly said they are heard by european austerity measures. and they are reported ahead about conlan after the bell things aren't great. stocks have been in and out of positive territory. it is up -- very pricey stock. analysts worry about buying...
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this science is not exact but it's pretty darned good. if you look back over time, it's pretty darned good. when you see the conspiracy theories you have to say it's the politics of the moment. every now and then you see a poll that you say well, that doesn't look right. i look at ours every time before we put them on the air and the guys who do it for us do it just right. >> go ahead, gloria. >> anderson, i also think it actually kind of affects the campaign in its own way because as the old saying goes, nothing sticks to you like success so when you have a candidate like mitt romney who has been down, maybe some of his voters are less enthusiastic because they think oh, he might not win. suddenly, he's got the wind at his back. suddenly they're thinking gosh, maybe this guy can win, maybe i ought to turn out and vote. then his base might become more enthusiastic, thinking they can beat president obama. it can also work on the other side, that people think oh, president obama really needs my vote, maybe i ought to get out there because i
this science is not exact but it's pretty darned good. if you look back over time, it's pretty darned good. when you see the conspiracy theories you have to say it's the politics of the moment. every now and then you see a poll that you say well, that doesn't look right. i look at ours every time before we put them on the air and the guys who do it for us do it just right. >> go ahead, gloria. >> anderson, i also think it actually kind of affects the campaign in its own way because...
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a lot of science and technology at work. it's been planned down to the "t," ashleigh. it looks like conditions are favorable for a launch. >> i just think it's great that there is this suborbital bailout science we will get from this as well. so his sheer will and fortitude could benefit the rest of our space program. brian, stand by for a minute because i know weather has been the issue today. chad myers has been watching this very carefully. chad, just take me to roswell for a moment. i think i had heard something along the lines of just a couple miles per hour of wind and this thing is scuttled, right? >> it's really because this balloon is so large. when it gets up into space at 23 miles high, it will fill six madison square gardens of volume. >> whoa. >> that gives you an idea of how much helium is in this thing. and when the balloon goes up, i'm just going to dro it here, when the balloon goes up, if there's wind at the top of the balloon glowing it down range 50 feet high, they will never be able to catch up. they will be down here and the balloon will just keep
a lot of science and technology at work. it's been planned down to the "t," ashleigh. it looks like conditions are favorable for a launch. >> i just think it's great that there is this suborbital bailout science we will get from this as well. so his sheer will and fortitude could benefit the rest of our space program. brian, stand by for a minute because i know weather has been the issue today. chad myers has been watching this very carefully. chad, just take me to roswell for a...
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. >> it is baseball, there is no science behind it. baseball just about controlling your heartbeat and you know, we did that today. >> now among the 47,000 people packing busch stadium yesterday there was also a group of vocal nats fans. game two against the cardinals starts at 4:37 p.m. and then our first home game of the series is of course on wednesday at noon. something i think all of us here in washington are looking forward to. mike and andrea? >> of course we are looking forward to it. >> that is going to be a tough ticket on get on wednesday. the success of all of our sports team in the region has been a good thing for local businesses. specifically you know at the sports bars and restaurants. the argonaut restaurant is one of countless places in our region where people gather to watch the ravens and redskins and nationals and orioles. sunday was the first day dc bars and restaurants could stay open until 4:00 in the morning, the day before columbus day as well as veteran's day, thanksgiving and christmas. >> i think dc is gett
. >> it is baseball, there is no science behind it. baseball just about controlling your heartbeat and you know, we did that today. >> now among the 47,000 people packing busch stadium yesterday there was also a group of vocal nats fans. game two against the cardinals starts at 4:37 p.m. and then our first home game of the series is of course on wednesday at noon. something i think all of us here in washington are looking forward to. mike and andrea? >> of course we are...
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to its permanent home downtown at the california science center. so today large swaths of steel plate were laid down in preparation of that trek. not quit a parade but some businesses say that shuttle move may help bring in some extra cash. >> i am hoping and praying that the streets are going to be filled with hungry people and i am prepared to make the best of this opportunity. >> from the log cabin to the space shuttle? >> that is exactly right. >> the 12-mile journey will take two days to complete. >>> the weather put a hold on a 23-mile freefall. the balloon was inflated and ready to take extreme athlete felix baumgartner to the stratosphere but the winds in the new mexico were just too strong. he hoped to be the first to shatter three world records and the sound barrier. he is going to try that supersonic feat on thursday. >> baumgartner's bummed. >> they are doing that in roswell, of course. [ laughter ] >> where else but roswell. >> yeah. >> going to take a little alien friend with him. [ laughter ] >> nice day. on a clear day you can see f
to its permanent home downtown at the california science center. so today large swaths of steel plate were laid down in preparation of that trek. not quit a parade but some businesses say that shuttle move may help bring in some extra cash. >> i am hoping and praying that the streets are going to be filled with hungry people and i am prepared to make the best of this opportunity. >> from the log cabin to the space shuttle? >> that is exactly right. >> the 12-mile journey...
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. >> it is 4h national science day. holly comes to us from chevy chase. >> reporter: two facts stand out here. one, we need to have kids excited about technology. second of all, hh is make -- 4h is making that happen. studies found that kids are more involved when they are involved with 4h. let's talk about the national challenge day. it's been in its fifth year. >> yes. we are happy that you are here to see robot day. there will be everywhere. >> let's talk about the eco bot challenge. it was successful last year, super fun. kids had a lot of problem solving. >> that's what we are trying to do, make science fun. for the kids, we'll take a tooth prush and a vibrate for from a pager and put a battery on and simulate a toxic spill and see how they clean up and do math and science and do math and technology. >> reporter: how do they come up with the challenges each year? >> we put it out to our universities who run the science program. this is out of ohio this year. we put the challenge to them and they desuperintendent th
. >> it is 4h national science day. holly comes to us from chevy chase. >> reporter: two facts stand out here. one, we need to have kids excited about technology. second of all, hh is make -- 4h is making that happen. studies found that kids are more involved when they are involved with 4h. let's talk about the national challenge day. it's been in its fifth year. >> yes. we are happy that you are here to see robot day. there will be everywhere. >> let's talk about the...
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this is a big time science project. obviously trying to break a world record, but the science behind it is tremendous. >> so although there is 1 excitement and people will watch, it's not a stunt jump. >> absolutely. >> they talked about the horizontal spin that they want to avoid that would put him in some serious danger. chad, thank you. we'll get back to you when we get closer to 1:40, the sti estimated time. >>> all right. a difference from the debate. we're seeing it in the numbers. a new poll out today suggests that mitt romney's performance last week gave him a major bounce. the pew research poll has romney leading the president 49%-45% among likely voters. you might say this is just one poll. all right. well, romney's four point advantage is still within the survey sampling error, but make no mistake, it's got people talking. and even the american research group, another polling group, shows that the race tightening to just within one percentage point over the last two weeks. romney is out on the campaign trail
this is a big time science project. obviously trying to break a world record, but the science behind it is tremendous. >> so although there is 1 excitement and people will watch, it's not a stunt jump. >> absolutely. >> they talked about the horizontal spin that they want to avoid that would put him in some serious danger. chad, thank you. we'll get back to you when we get closer to 1:40, the sti estimated time. >>> all right. a difference from the debate. we're...
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another medical device maker, edward life sciences, its stock is up about 23% so far this year. it is taking a huge hit in today's session, down about 18% right now. it said that its third quarter sales are going to be weak. their heart valve sales in particular they said have been hurt by european us-- european austerity measures. they also said slower than expected growth in the united states hurt earnings there as well. coming up after the bell, alcoa and yum! brands, we will have a preview, same time next hour. connell dagen back to you. connell: keep it here on markets now talking about small business with big problems. dagen: the head of the national federation of independent business with a dire warning about the business environment. coming up in moments. >> announcer: meet mary. she loves to shop online with her debit card, and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts and stole her hard-earned money. now meet jack. after 40 years, he finally saved enough to enjoy retirement. angie, the waitress at jack's favorite diner, is a
another medical device maker, edward life sciences, its stock is up about 23% so far this year. it is taking a huge hit in today's session, down about 18% right now. it said that its third quarter sales are going to be weak. their heart valve sales in particular they said have been hurt by european us-- european austerity measures. they also said slower than expected growth in the united states hurt earnings there as well. coming up after the bell, alcoa and yum! brands, we will have a preview,...
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all this science put on hold for something like weather. let me ask you aa question, nik. next thing you're going to try to do is whack across the grand canyon on a tightrope. >> that's correct. that is one of my dreams. that's something that will be coming up, most likely, next june. i'll be the first person in the world to walk directly over the grand canyon. >> how far across is that? >> it's over half a mile. we've had to choose a location that is somewhat tv friendly. there are spots i could go eight or nine miles, which is what i really wanted to do. it would take eight, ten hours and probably get fairly boring for viewers aat that point. >> i don't know that that would ever get boring, to watch you cross the grand canyon. that's going to happen next summer. what are you doing to prepare for that? >> a lot of training. i'm doing the bank of america 500,ness next nascar race in charlotte this saturday and many, many other events i'll be doing leading up to that as well as the training for that event is pretty rigorous. i'll be training here in sarasota, actually, for
all this science put on hold for something like weather. let me ask you aa question, nik. next thing you're going to try to do is whack across the grand canyon on a tightrope. >> that's correct. that is one of my dreams. that's something that will be coming up, most likely, next june. i'll be the first person in the world to walk directly over the grand canyon. >> how far across is that? >> it's over half a mile. we've had to choose a location that is somewhat tv friendly....
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joining me is political science professor samuel popkin, author of "the candidate: what it takes to win and hold the white house." he's been a democratic presidential campaign adviser since 1972, working with george mcgovern, jimmy carter, bill clinton and al gore. professor, great to have you hire. let's start with thursday's vice presidential debate. what does joe biden and paul ryan have to do to outdo each other, to win? >> well, the job is not to be gladiators, because it doesn't matter which of them is better in a cage fight. the question is what can they do to strengthen the way people approach the presidential debate. biden has to find a way to put romney on the spot, not ryan on the spot. >> andrew sullivan has a new article on the daily beast website called "did president obama just throw the entire election away?" and he writes in part, "i've never seen a candidate self-destruct for no external reason this late in the campaign before. i'm trying to see a silver lining, but when a president self-imlates on live tv and his opponent shines with lies and smiles and a record numbe
joining me is political science professor samuel popkin, author of "the candidate: what it takes to win and hold the white house." he's been a democratic presidential campaign adviser since 1972, working with george mcgovern, jimmy carter, bill clinton and al gore. professor, great to have you hire. let's start with thursday's vice presidential debate. what does joe biden and paul ryan have to do to outdo each other, to win? >> well, the job is not to be gladiators, because it...
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today's ceremony, one of the winners said a school principal once told him, a career in science would be, quote, ridiculous. and a waste of time. >>> i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. my goodness, the gas prices, have you seen this? an all-time high in one state for the third day in a row. experts say there is a chance, a chance that folks could still have to pay even more. we're careful with this because remember the beginning of the summer, we screwed it all up. it's happening now in california where triple a reports the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded hit 4.67 overnight. up 50 cents from just last week. california's previous record was 4.61 in 2008. just yesterday, the governor there, jerry brown, took action, clearing the way for gas stations to start selling sellit they call winter grade gasoline a few weeks early that. could make california's smog problem worse, but it's cheaper than the summer blends and they are desperate. adam housley is live in los angeles. why is this california? is it your w
today's ceremony, one of the winners said a school principal once told him, a career in science would be, quote, ridiculous. and a waste of time. >>> i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. my goodness, the gas prices, have you seen this? an all-time high in one state for the third day in a row. experts say there is a chance, a chance that folks could still have to pay even more. we're careful with this because remember the...
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the former football coach who plunged penn state university into scandal by his sexual abuse of young boys over many years was sentenced today. the judge called his crime a "story of betrayal." jerry sandusky wore a red jail jump suit and a smile as he entered the center county courthouse this morning, less than two hours later, the sle was gone after the 68-year-old learned he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. lead prosecutor. >> i believe that the sentence that the court imposed today was a wise and proper one and that it reflectedded the seriousness of the defendant's crimes. the harm he caused and the need to remove him from society. >> woodruff: sandusky was convicted three months ago on 45 counts of sexually abusing ten
supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the former football coach who plunged penn state university into scandal by his sexual abuse of young boys over many years was sentenced today....
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megyn: the latest forecast from political science professors at university of colorado predict a mitt romney victory. they predict president obama will win just 16 states and mitt romney will care why it other 33 states all in red and win the presidency with an electoral college total of 330 votes. he's a political signs professor at the university of colorado. i look at this and i think, what? you have him winning new mexico. obama is up by 10 in the latest poll. pennsylvania. that's tightening but real clear politics has obama up by 6. you have romney winning wisconsin, too. >> it's true the meda modal shos obama losing. but six weeks ago when the preliminary model was released the president was up in many of the states which are now tightening and in many where romney has moved ahead. megyn: this came out in august. we thought those guys must be nuts. we still had huge numbers. just huge, huge numbers in the electoral college. but then it turns out the race is tightening and now, you say that if you apply your model going back to every election to 1980, it is accurate? >> well, the
megyn: the latest forecast from political science professors at university of colorado predict a mitt romney victory. they predict president obama will win just 16 states and mitt romney will care why it other 33 states all in red and win the presidency with an electoral college total of 330 votes. he's a political signs professor at the university of colorado. i look at this and i think, what? you have him winning new mexico. obama is up by 10 in the latest poll. pennsylvania. that's...
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science is research. science is innovation. it is our ticket to every business interest. it is our ticket to solving the world's problems, energy problems, and if not for science and engineering, how will we compete in the new world? tavis: we saw something that you would be doing this year. we do not have a chance to walk through all of them, but tell us about some that are exciting to you. >> naming each episode after a big question. "can science stop crime?" that is an amazing one. we looked into the future of the lie-detector, the polygraph. it is not admissible in 49 states. you cannot use it in court. it is just too easy to fool. we went to a lab that is looking at things like eye tracking, tracking your eyes. they will show you a picture of the crime scene, but they have photoshopped the scene. only the person that actually did it will look at where it actually was questions. >> that is a brilliant question in why you belong in this job -- and what you belong in this job. -- why you belong. it is a drive. i do not know that i would have the patience for it. it is a
science is research. science is innovation. it is our ticket to every business interest. it is our ticket to solving the world's problems, energy problems, and if not for science and engineering, how will we compete in the new world? tavis: we saw something that you would be doing this year. we do not have a chance to walk through all of them, but tell us about some that are exciting to you. >> naming each episode after a big question. "can science stop crime?" that is an...